Senior Software Developer
Parsons Corporation5 days ago
Reston, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$148k - $267k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, enhance, and sustain production services and components written in Java and C/C++.
- Author and maintain interface documentation, including schemas, contracts, and versioning strategies.
- Support integration testing and collaborate with engineering teams to diagnose distributed-system failures.
- Develop and maintain build and deployment automation using GitLab CI/CD.
- Write unit, integration, and regression tests for critical services and interfaces.
- Participate in on-call rotations and operational support escalations.
- Apply configuration management and change control practices for distributed production systems.
- Troubleshoot and correct software discrepancies using logs, metrics, and structured debugging to maximize system availability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of software engineering or development experience, or a master’s degree and 8 years, or a PhD and 6 years.
- Strong production-grade development experience with Java, Scala, and/or C/C++.
- Experience building and supporting distributed, high-availability, or operationally critical systems.
- Working knowledge of relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, and/or NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitLab CI/CD, and modern development workflows.
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, and structured debugging approaches.
- Strong written communication skills for producing design notes, runbooks, and implementation plans.
- Active Top Secret security clearance.
- Preferred: active TS/SCI with polygraph, remote-site deployment experience, database migration or compatibility experience, secure communications knowledge, message queue and event-driven patterns, performance profiling, and experience with field engineering and network operations teams.
- Domestic and/or international project travel may be required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off, holidays, life insurance, and flexible work schedules.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and 401(k).
- Growth opportunities and employee wellbeing programs.
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About Parsons Corporation
Parsons Corporation is a public engineering and technology firm that designs, builds, and secures critical infrastructure and national security systems for government and commercial clients. It earns revenue through contracts for engineering, construction management, program management, and cyber and intelligence solutions across transportation, water, space, and defense domains. Founded in 1944 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it trades on the NYSE and serves U.S. government and international infrastructure owners.